Highlights thyssenkrupp Elevator - Announcement TOWERRUN 2020

Today thyssenkrupp Elevator published the highlights of the coming year. Among them is also something that concerns our test tower.

TOWERRUN takes place on September 20, 2020

High-flying goals are what the thyssenkrupp towerrun's participants try to achieve, too, at thyssenkrupp's very own tower running event in Rottweil, Germany, on September 20th, 2020. The participants will have to conquer 1,390 steps and 232 meters in height. In 2019, some 1,000 runners from 18 nations took part in the competition. Next year, there will again be races in different Categories - including police officers and firefighters in full equipment.

Do you want to take part in the TOWERRUN yourself?

From 17 February 2020 at 10:00 a.m. you can register for the TOWERRUN at https://www.thyssenkrupp-towerrun.de/anmeldung/

MULTI at the Expo 2020 in Dubai

MULTI, which is tested in the test tower in rottweil, will be presented as an important innovation at the German pavilion, starting in October. MULTI is the world's first ropeless elevator system specifically made for skyscrapers, which will dominate the development of future urban mobility. MULTI is driven by linear motors and cabins which move independently in a single shaft, just like in a metro system. That's what makes it perfect for multiple innovative applications. Moreover, it opens exciting new perspectives for architects and developers.

The test tower in Atlanta

Rising in 2020, the tallest elevator test tower in the Western Hemisphere, located in Atlanta, will reach its full height of 128 meters in spring, rising two meters each day in order to reach this staggering height. The tower will be the core of thyssenkrupp Elevator's US Innovation and Qualification Center and the crown jewel of the company's new North American headquarters at The Battery Atlanta. Here, the so-called slip-form construction is used. Slip-form is a moving formwork system that is set down on the foundation and involves the continuous pouring of concrete into a moving form. Relatively rare in the U.S., this process was used in the creation of thyssenkrupp Elevator's state-of-the-art 232-meter test tower in Rottweil, Germany.

You can read the complete press release here: https://www.thyssenkrupp-elevator.com/de/newsroom/press-releases-100480.html.